# Accident 20240516014429A: Piper PA-22-150, Afton, WY, May 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2024, 20:45 local time
- Place: Afton, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7138° N, 110.9405° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7138&lon=-110.9405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9998D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9998D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240516014429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. COMMERICIAL PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT COULD NOT CONTROL AIRCRAFT BECAUSE RIGHT SIDE HAD NO BRAKE PEDALS.SHE STATED STUDENT WOULDN'T LET GO OF THE THROTTLE AND AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY HIT DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN.  SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC24LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA035), May 17, 2024: Piper PA-22-150 (N9998D), Afton, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The commercial pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff. Contributing was the student pilot’s application of brakes during the takeoff roll and the failure of…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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